Steph & Jimmy’s Classic DC Engagement Pictures on the Mall

Images: Alexandra Elise Photography

I‘ll admit I have a really hard time finding the energy to get back to blogging when our country sees yet another avoidable tragedy like the one that happened this weekend in Orlando. I feel angry, lost, sad, frustrated, angry, tired, sad, full of despair, angry, and frustrated again. Feeling so helpless towards the situation only makes it worse. I am a woman of action – I like to solve problems, provide answers, and find the way towards compromise or resolution but I fear an answer to this devastating topic is just not one I will see in my lifetime.

So instead of dwelling on it (because I spent the last 2 days wallowing in it), I will try to do what I can control, which is focus on love, life, and kindness instead. I will try to focus on happiness and the love the couples on my blog and in my coordination business and in my life share with each other and the others around them. And I’ll get started with sharing this beautiful DC engagement session, full of love, smiles, two kind hearts sharing their love in the city I love. Happy Tuesday all.

Jimmy and Stephanie met through Stephanie’s “friend since forever” and Jimmy’s cousin, Eleni. A bunch of them were having a “cousins night out” and Stephanie went along with Eleni. Jimmy asked Stephanie for her number that night and they started dating shortly after. Jimmy never forgets that it was the NFL Draft day of 2011.  They dated for a few months before Stephanie moved to Arlington, Virginia for a teaching job. They stayed together and had a long distance relationship for about two years. After that, Jimmy moved down to Virginia to be with Stephanie.

Jimmy and Stephanie got engaged on June 20, 2015 after having a nice brunch in Old Town VA. They will never forget how the kids approached them trying to sell them candy a few seconds after Jimmy proposed, totally interrupting the moment!  They are now very excited to celebrate their wedding day in Rochester with all of their family and friends!